glenn, thers farm raised as is the farmer raises to sell, pluse he also has othe source of income lime cattle or small grains, hence the term farm raised.then theres large pig farms. that soley are in the biussines of raising swine. Ya cheese Head.

glenn, thers farm raised as is the farmer raises to sell, pluse he also has othe source of income lime cattle or small grains, hence the term farm raised.then theres large pig farms. that soley are in the biussines of raising swine. Ya cheese Head.

well ya think these large pig farms raise them in there living room......ya dipstick!!!!!!!!!!

Always tastes better off the farm! I'm fortunate enough to have a family on my Wife's side who raise a few pigs on a hobby farm. So I got a good line in on some quality pork! Have fun with it, I'll be smoking hocks and possible bacon next week!

Farm raised piggers DO taste different...think there's some place that feeds piggers some kinda nut or mash that flavored the meat; my memory's foggy on that one...

UPDATE! Found it, a place in Iowa feeds piggers whiskey mash, says it gives the meat a "whiskey flavor". I dunno...buncha drunk piggers stumbling and hiccuping around...might be worse than Boar and his Fireball.

Modern-day genetic science has met the high-demand for food and they've created pigs that grow fast and have no flavor. they're also pretty much fed one type of feed their entire life on mega farms. That's what you're getting in most big grocery stores. Nothing wrong with it, if you put a good rub and sauce on it like a lot of pork, it's amazing.

But if you can get your hands on some pigs from a small farm that are fed everything from feed to table scraps to free-range browse, then you get some good, flavorful meat! Some of the shoulder meat is so dark that it almost looks like beef. Really yummy stuff.

Growing up, my friend lived on a farm and they raised some good tasting pigs and those things ate EVERYTHING. We used to catch carp out of the Minnesota river and throw them into the pig pen. All you saw were scales flying everywhere once they got into them. It was a pig feeding frenzy!

We used to go shoot pigeons at friends farms. If they landed in the hog yard the hogs went wild to eat those pigeons. It took a few minutes till they knew one was injured and the race was on. After that as soon as one dropped in the pen it got real noisy as the hogs got after them.